Cultivating Environmental Stewardship
Presenter: Janet Boscarino – Clean Memphis
This presentation will focus on the impact of litter and other toxins on rivers and their tributaries as well as the need to cultivate environmental stewardship in our inner cities.
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Old Man River thru an Environmental Justice Lens
Presenters: Sandra Upchurch and Rev. Ralph White
This workshop will focus on understanding the impact the Mississippi River has on poor and people-of-color communities living in its path. It will include thoughts on how the longtime interstate commerce on the River has impacted life for people living in communities nearby. Workshop themes will include discussions on the historical connection to water, water pollution problems, fishing, chemicals discharged into the River, the local industrial corridor that thrives because of their location on the River.
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Water – Deepening our Commitment, Taking Action
Presenter: The Reverend Fletcher Harper, Green Faith
In this breakout session, Fletcher will discuss practical steps and effective strategies which individuals can take to organize their religious institutions for leadership in regards to water. Content will include steps for individual conservation, mobilizing congregations and schools, and more.
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The Mighty Quapaw Apprenticeship Program.
Presenter: John Ruskey, Quapaw Canoe Company
Learn about the Mighty Quapaw Apprenticeship Program, a compelling skill-based apprenticeship on canoe carving and canoeing the Mississippi River established in 1998. Apprentices have built several dozen canoes, and paddled the entire Lower Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, as well as the Missouri River (with the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Re-enactment).
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Spare the rod and spoil the polluter.
Presenter: Rene Hoyos, Tennessee Clean Water Network
This workshop will focus on enforcement and pollution permitting in the State of Tennessee. We will talk about how people can get involved to prevent pollution of their favorite rivers and streams. www.tcwn.org
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The Role of the US Army Corps of Engineers on the MS River
Presenter: Ed Lambert – US Army Corps of Engineers
Lambert will provide an overview of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' primary missions as they relate to the Mississippi River. He will also discuss some of the important work performed by the Corps' Memphis District, focusing on the integration of environmental features into the Mississippi River navigation project.
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The River and Environment as Matters of Faith
Presenter: Dr. Matt Matthews, Memphis Theological Seminary
Religious traditions have served both to further the cause of ecological and environmental awareness and action and to detract from them. This session explores religious and theological themes that have shaped the response of people of faith to the environment and explores how we might develop alternative theological models and themes that more faithfully cultivate sensitivity to ecological concerns in our communities of faith.
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Water for Life: Water Education for Children, Parents and Educators
Presenter: Debra Satterfield, The Church of the Holy Communion
Come to understand and care for our ecosystems, learn to share because it belongs to everyone and find out what you can do to live within our water means. Debra Satterfield is a native Memphian who currently serves as the Associate for Children's Formation at Church of the Holy Communion, Episcopal. She finds that implementing programming and care to provide a foundation for spiritual lives is innately connected to caring for all of God's creation. From the Montessori basis of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd to partnership in a Community Garden, Debra promotes the stewardship of an environment that is deeply respectful of the nature of young children, who make their way to God in freedom and joy.
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Regional Watershed Restoration
Presenter: Christopher Bridges, The Nature Conservancy
This presentation will include information on how some of the large-scale Nature Conservancy initiatives are being applied in several West TN tributaries, including the Miss River Basin Initiative, sediment control practices in the Hatchie watershed, and other cooperative watershed restoration efforts in the Memphis area.
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Nobody Else's But Yours: Saving the Rivers One Yard at a Time
Presenter: Scott Huler, Author of On the Grid
Huler will focus on things you personally can do to improve your runoff situation; things cities can and should (or should not) do; and how to communicate about stormwater so people can actually hear each other rather than scream in each other's faces.
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God’s Stewards of Creation
Presenter: Rev. Cheryl Cornish – First Congregational Church
Faith communities all over the world are stepping forward to guide--in theology and in action--efforts at understanding ourselves as God's stewards of creation. We'll look at ways that faith communities are stepping into "green living", into increased understandings of sustainable living and renewed spiritual energy in the struggle to save the earth. We'll share practical ideas for congregational change and growth.
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Encouraging Conservation Action in Mississippi River Communities through Cooperative Environmental Education
Presenters: G. Reid Bishop, Ph.D., National Audubon Society and Alan W. Barton, Ph.D., Delta State University
This workshop addresses strategies for increasing interest in the wilderness areas of the Mississippi River among marginalized and alienated communities. Results will be presented from an original research project in the Mississippi Delta that examined attitudes about a nearby wildlife refuge among largely African American communities. This has served as the basis for a community-based development effort that partners two rural communities, two environmental organizations and a university. One long term goal for this collaboration is to foster stewardship for the natural places of the lower Mississippi River. We highlight the role of the Mississippi River Field Institute, a new initiative of the National Audubon Society, to engage communities along the lower Mississippi River in research, environmental education, and conservation practice. The workshop will educate participants about what opportunities currently exist for bringing field-focused environmental education to their community and how those educational experiences can encourage conservation on private and protected lands as well as facilitate the development of local businesses based on natural heritage tourism.
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Coming to a River Near You: The History and Upcoming Projects of Living Lands & Waters
Presenter: Mike Coyne-Logan, Living Lands and Waters
This presentation will introduce the audience to Living Lands & Waters (LL&W), a non-profit river cleanup organization that will be cleaning the Mississippi River in the Memphis area December 1-15, 2010. Mr. Coyne-Logan will share LL&W's inspiring history of how it began with Chad Pregracke's vision, at the age of 17, to clean up the Mississippi River. He will then talk about the upcoming projects in Memphis and the ways to get involved.
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Mission Memphis: the History and Potential of our Greatest Natural Resource
Presenter: Joe Royer, Outdoors, Inc.
Since interning with the Corps of Engineers on the Mississippi River in college, Joe Royer, local conservationist and business owner, has traveled extensively, paddling waters far and wide. Royer’s personal mission is to introduce Memphians to the river on which their city was founded and that to most is an ominous backdrop rather than a precious resource. Through beautiful photography and anecdote, Royer will give session participants a new perspective on the geographical features of the Mississippi and a new awareness of its potential for recreational excellence.
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